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[Karlone123]

I would die a happy man if my character said "Parshaara".

[Pokemario]

We will be playing a Dalish, and if you're an elven mage you will be the First of your clan. You would know some elven. 

 

Ariane and the Dalish Warden didn't know elven (I'm talking about Witch Hunt). Dalish only know some words of the ancient elven language.

[KC_Prototype]

The Qunari Inquisitor probably knows very little Qun-lat, way less than the average Qunari who also don't know the whole Qun-lat language. Elven Inquisitor? Yes, since he or she is from a Dalish tribe. In DAO, your Dalish Warden could speak elven. 

[Pokemario]

The Qunari Inquisitor probably knows very little Qun-lat, way less than the average Qunari who also don't know the whole Qun-lat language. Elven Inquisitor? Yes, since he or she is from a Dalish tribe. In DAO, your Dalish Warden could speak elven. 

 

He couldn't,the Dalish Warden only knew some words. Dalish don't speak elven,the Dalish Warden and Ariane didn't even know how to read the elven book in Witch Hunt.

[LobselVith8]

Ariane and the Dalish Warden didn't know elven (I'm talking about Witch Hunt). Dalish only know some words of the ancient elven language.

 

You're addressing a singular word in "Witch Hunt", which was the word for 'Eluvian'. Finn knew it because the Circle stole a wealth of elven information and artifacts during the fall of the Dales, as Ariane mentions.

 

He couldn't,the Dalish Warden only knew some words. Dalish don't speak elven,the Dalish Warden and Ariane didn't even know how to read the elven book in Witch Hunt.

 

Morrigan had the elven tome for almost the entirely of the narrative, not Ariane or the Warden; it's only retrieved at the conclusion of the storyline.

[Mistic]

You're addressing a singular word in "Witch Hunt", which was the word for 'Eluvian'. Finn knew it because the Circle stole a wealth of elven information and artifacts during the fall of the Dales, as Ariane mentions.

 

Morrigan had the elven tome for almost the entirely of the narrative, not Ariane or the Warden; it's only retrieved at the conclusion of the storyline.

 

True on both cases, but the result is the same: it's a fact in-universe that the Dalish only use gratuitous Elvish, the fragmented remnant of the old language, not a complete, fully functional language that can stand on its own. That means that it wouldn't be far-fetched to justify the Dalish Inquisitor not speaking at all in Elvish except for some singular dialogue choices (for example, when meeting another Dalish and the conversation changing because of our background).

[Feybrad]

I would be content, if my Qunari could utter "Parshaara" or "Shanedan" or "Panahedan" or some other Phrases.

[Steelcan]

it would be interesting, but afaik the languages in DA don't have the depth that you find in say ASoIaF or Star Trek, much less the entire histories and derived languages etc... from Tolkien's works

[wcholcombe]

I believe WoT states that the Imperium so destroyed Arlathan culture that the language was lost. The Dales and the Dalish have made efforts to recover that lost language, but they still only know bits and pieces.  There isn't an occurence in book or games where the dalish have long conversations in Elhven.  You would have thought the clan in ME would have, but they didn't.  They spoke common pretty much the entire time whether talking to humans or each other. 

 

Not saying it is impossible for them to know more then we have seen, just basing it off the evidence we have seen.

 

As for dwarves and Qunari I repeat my previous statement:

 

In addition, do we even know if dwarves by and large-especially what would likely be a low class carta member surface dwarf? I know they have their own written language, but thus far we haven't had anything in books or games saying that dwarves by and large speak that language? It may just be something for the shaperate or a ceremonial language.

 

Its possible the Qunari knows qunlat, it is also wholly possible that as a Qunari mercenary who is outside of the qun and is trying along with his/her merc band to be accepted in thedas, they don't speak qunlat in order to better fit in.

[Sylentmana]

I would expect something like, another person says something in their native language. The other party members are like, "What did he say?" If the Inquisitor is the same race then they will be able to translate it for the rest of the party.

[LobselVith8]

I believe WoT states that the Imperium so destroyed Arlathan culture that the language was lost. The Dales and the Dalish have made efforts to recover that lost language, but they still only know bits and pieces.  There isn't an occurence in book or games where the dalish have long conversations in Elhven.  You would have thought the clan in ME would have, but they didn't.  They spoke common pretty much the entire time whether talking to humans or each other. 

 

Not saying it is impossible for them to know more then we have seen, just basing it off the evidence we have seen.

 

Clan Virnehn in TME didn't speak any elvish, but they also used Andrastian terms as well, which doesn't make sense for the Dalish to do since they have their own culture. The author, Weekes, said on twitter that it was a matter of trying to avoid confusing the reader, which is why the elven perspective and terminology is omitted from the narrative.

[wcholcombe]

Clan Virnehn in TME didn't speak any elvish, but they also used Andrastian terms as well, which doesn't make sense for the Dalish to do since they have their own culture. The author, Weekes, said on twitter that it was a matter of trying to avoid confusing the reader, which is why the elven perspective and terminology is omitted from the narrative.

  True, I had forgotten that, but at the same time none of the other dalish clans have spoken in full sentence in elven, they have dropped in terms here and there, but I don't truly think the dalish have reconstructed the language of arlathan.

[Mistic]

Clan Virnehn in TME didn't speak any elvish, but they also used Andrastian terms as well, which doesn't make sense for the Dalish to do since they have their own culture. The author, Weekes, said on twitter that it was a matter of trying to avoid confusing the reader, which is why the elven perspective and terminology is omitted from the narrative.

 

You know, the same reasoning could be used to explain why the Dalish Inquisitor won't use Dalish-only terms. I hope not However, now that I think about it, I don't remember the clan using many Andrastian terms. Well, apart from Mihris using the word "demons" and "the Fade".